So what are those RED thingys in the pictures? When I visited the pond last week that was the first question I asked myself. My first guess was wrong. The signage around the park says what they are and what they are used for.

Would you like to guess?

Okay, so sign Mr. Linky and leave your answer in a comment. Then go and visit all the other wonderful participants in Ruby Tuesday!

I'll tell you in the afternoon on Tuesday what they are.

UPDATE:

The RED thingies are ladders that are used to save people if they break through the ice. The ladders are slid along the ice from the shore, the person in the water grabs a hold, and they are dragged out. A lot of you guessed what they were right away. I thought at first they were ladders to do pruning on the trees... STOP laughing!!

74 comments:

What is it that you and Mr. Linky can't get along? I swear I'm gonna have to send you two to counseling!

I have no clue what the red thingies might be. My first guess would be a call box or a trail map (two entirely different things, but that's what they look like). I'll check back to see if I was close. Meanwhile, I'll leave you with this improvised linky:Ruby Tuesday #28: Bombs Bursting in Air

I was looking at the wrong thingies. But I don't have to guess. (I cheated. Of course, it's not really cheating... just using the information available to solve the problem. All the same I won't give it away here... let the others have their fun too.)

I'm guessing they are NOT ladders because I suspect that's what you thought they were. Hmmm. Are they for rescuing people who fall into the water? The person on shore reaches out as far as possible with the red thingy then pulls the victim in?

Dear teach Mary,If the Americans think like Norwegians, the ladder is for saving people who have fallen through the ice.In my neighborhood I know of at least three ladders and lifewests place near small ponds.from Felisol

Neat, if it's a rescue ladder. It reminds me of this picture which is of a place where there's supposed to be a life-preserver (one of those donut things), but it's gone, leaving just the place to put it, and the stencilled in cow.

A Ruby Tuesday post will be up here 'round about midnight, GMT time (London, Dublin, and Glasgow, where we live).

When we lived at 42nd Avenue, we used to go to Crocheron Park for picnics. I didn't look this up, but isn't the park around Francis Lewis Blvd. and the Grand Central Parkway? I am guessing, but the mention of Crocheron brings me back quite aways to our '58 Ford Ranch Wagon and picnic lunches...

The last one looks like art but the others don’t… They look like ladders to help fish people or things out of the water… but that seems too obvious and silly. Unless they turn into bridges or some sort?

So I am going to go with a vague guess of ‘something not super useful that was donated by someone”

First, Mary, it's Red. So it's either something public to use in case of danger, or a thing to participate to Ruby Tuesday.Second, I imagine since there are 2 handles at one extremity that it can be maintained from the ground and thrown to someone who is drowning.

I don't participate (I have nothing interesting in Red) today, I just take a glance and comment : )

My guess would be to rescue someone or something... OH! I bet if someone falls through ICE! ugh... but who would then want to walk out on it to to take the ladder... oy! I guess you do what ya do! And another HERO is born! That's all I can think of!

I think the ladders are used for ice rescue...don't think it's for reaching fruit in those trees...

As for the other thing, I don't think those are red boxes. They look like the back of signs to me- with either trail maps or historical information, or laws about not letting your dog mess in the park on the front.

I showed my hubby and he says it is for rescue from falling in the ice. I had told him I didn't think they were heavy enough. He says they lay it down across the ice to crawl out and it helps distribute one's weight. I don't know if he's right or not but it sounds good. :)

Dear Mary THappy Ruby Tuesday!Not sure if it is proper but I did try to get a little bit of red in my post.If I could of gone to the Sunday School treat this year instead of having to stay home sick, I would of, seeing as I know about Ruby Tuesday this year, well I would have really concentrated on my reds!........Love Terry

Hi Mary, you have beautiful photos in here. The place looks nice for relaxation.

My entry this week are photos with lil red so i hope you can drop by and peep. It's from the place where the National Hero of the Philippines was exiled before he was put to death because of nationalism.